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Gilat Wins $15 Million in New Commercial Orders

2 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat) has won orders with commercial satellite operators worth over $15 million to be delivered throughout 2025. The company reported its commercial division continues to perform strongly and the orders reflect strong ongoing momentum for its equipment and services across GEO, MEO, and LEO Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) constellations. The demand spans multi-service applications, with particular emphasis on in-flight connectivity (IFC).
Northwood Space Raises $30M Series A to Disrupt Satellite Ground Stations

2 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

Satellite ground technology startup Northwood Space has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Alpine Space Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Also Capital, Founders Fund, and StepStone Group joined as major investors and the round also included participation from BoxGroup, Humba Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, Banter Capital, Long Journey, Aabid Razvi, Evan Loomis, and Adrian Aoun. Northwood Space is led by CEO Bridgit Mendler, former Disney Channel actress.
Globalsat Deploys Hybrid Satellite/LTE Solution in Brazilian Rail Sector

2 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

Globalsat Group will deploy a hybrid satellite and LTE connectivity solution across railway operations for VLI Logística in Brazil, under a new deal announced Tuesday. This project will provide faster communication for the logistics company. It will enable real-time fleet monitoring, and support a future “positive train control” system to monitor and automatically control trains.
ISS Resupply Mission Includes Expanded Drug-Development Platform by Redwire

3 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched early Monday included new in-space drug development technology by Redwire. Redwire launched a high-volume industrial crystallizer that is capable of processing up to 200 times the volume of samples than its previous platform for in-space pharmaceutical development, PIL-BOX. Redwire said the goal is to turn insights from the PIL-BOX investigations into large-scale production for commercial applications.
Space Force Outlines Elements of Space Warfighting In First Framework

6 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

The U.S. Space Force on Thursday released its first-ever Space Warfighting framework, outlining the activities and considerations to fight in, and out of, space to achieve superiority in the domain. The framework flows from the appreciation that the military space operations are foundational to joint force operations, enabling global communications, power projection, and long-range kill chains.
Poland Invests in 3-Satellite EO Constellation Built by Creotech Instruments

6 days ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

Polish space company Creotech Instruments will build three Earth observation (EO) satellites for Poland under a new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) announced April 15. The contract is worth nearly 52 million euros ($59 million) and the project is named CAMILA, Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis. Poland’s Ministry of Development and Technology ordered the national satellite constellation.
DARPA Program Seeks Autonomous, Maneuverable Satellites For Cislunar Domain Awareness

1 week ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting approaches for prototype spacecraft that can autonomously navigate and be highly maneuverable in a Low Lunar Orbit (LLO) for cislunar space situational awareness (SSA) in support of the U.S. Space Force. Multiple Other Transaction for Prototype agreements are expected under the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) effort, DARPA said on Monday.
Taiwan Telco Invests in MicroGEO Satellite Built by Astranis

1 week ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

Taiwan’s largest telco, Chunghwa Telecom, is investing in a dedicated MicroGEO satellite built by Astranis, to increase access to satellite capacity. The companies said this will be the first communications satellite to be exclusively dedicated to Taiwan. Announced April 15, the satellite is scheduled for launch by the end of this year, with full bandwidth availability as early as next year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
American Airlines Will Make Wi-Fi Free Across Viasat and Intelsat-Equipped Planes

1 week ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

American Airlines is the latest airline to move toward a free Wi-Fi model for loyalty members. Starting in 2026, American will have free Wi-Fi on all aircraft equipped with Viasat and Intelsat in-flight connectivity (IFC), the airline announced Tuesday. This accounts for 90% of its fleet. The free Wi-Fi will be available to AAdvantage loyalty members, sponsored by AT&T.
New Hughes Single Panel Antenna Now Available for OneWeb Network

1 week ago | satellitetoday.com | Rachel Jewett

The Hughes Network Systems HL1100W antenna is now available commercially for use on the Eutelsat OneWeb satellite network, Hughes announced last week. HL1100W was designed as a lighter solution to be installed on buildings and structures, onshore oil rigs, etc. HL1100W is a single panel electronically steerable antenna (ESA).